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Beetle Bailey #12
Take a Walk, Beetle Bailey
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- GenresHumor
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
About the author
Mort Walker
409 books18 followersAddison Morton Walker, more popularly known as Mort Walker, was an American comic artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.
Born in El Dorado, Kansas, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He had his first comic published at the age of 11, and sold his first cartoon at 12. At 15 he worked as a comic-strip artist for a daily newspaper and by 18 he became chief editorial designer at Hall Brothers. After graduating from Northeast High School in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, he attended the University of Missouri, where a life size bronze statue of Beetle Bailey sits in front of the alumni center.
In 1943 he was drafted into the United States Army where he spent time in Europe during World War II. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant four years later. After military service and graduation from University of Missouri in 1948, where he was president of the local Kappa Sigma chapter[1], he went to New York to pursue his cartooning career. His first 200 cartoons were rejected, but he was slowly gaining recognition among the editors for his talent. His big break came with Beetle Bailey and another success followed with Hi and Lois. Other noteworthy cartoons he has created include Boner's Ark, Gamin & Patches, Mrs. Fitz's Flats, The Evermores, Sam's Strip and Sam & Silo (the last two with Jerry Dumas).
After more than 50 years in the business, Mort Walker still supervises the daily work at his studio, which also employs 6 of his children.
In 1974 he founded The National Cartoon Museum, and in 1989 he was inducted into the Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame. He received the Reuben Award of 1953 for Beetle Bailey, the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award for 1966 and 1969, the Gold T-Square Award in 1999, the Elzie Segar Award for 1977 and 1999, and numerous other awards for his work and dedication to the art.
In his book The Lexicon of Comicana (1980), written as a satirical look at the devices cartoonists use in their craft, Walker invented a cartoon vocabulary called Symbolia. For example, Walker coined the term "squeans" to describe the starbusts and little circles that appear around a cartoon's head to indicate intoxication. The typographical symbols that stand for profanities, which appear in dialogue balloons in the place of actual dialogue, Walker called "grawlixes."
Born in El Dorado, Kansas, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He had his first comic published at the age of 11, and sold his first cartoon at 12. At 15 he worked as a comic-strip artist for a daily newspaper and by 18 he became chief editorial designer at Hall Brothers. After graduating from Northeast High School in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, he attended the University of Missouri, where a life size bronze statue of Beetle Bailey sits in front of the alumni center.
In 1943 he was drafted into the United States Army where he spent time in Europe during World War II. He was discharged as a First Lieutenant four years later. After military service and graduation from University of Missouri in 1948, where he was president of the local Kappa Sigma chapter[1], he went to New York to pursue his cartooning career. His first 200 cartoons were rejected, but he was slowly gaining recognition among the editors for his talent. His big break came with Beetle Bailey and another success followed with Hi and Lois. Other noteworthy cartoons he has created include Boner's Ark, Gamin & Patches, Mrs. Fitz's Flats, The Evermores, Sam's Strip and Sam & Silo (the last two with Jerry Dumas).
After more than 50 years in the business, Mort Walker still supervises the daily work at his studio, which also employs 6 of his children.
In 1974 he founded The National Cartoon Museum, and in 1989 he was inducted into the Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame. He received the Reuben Award of 1953 for Beetle Bailey, the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award for 1966 and 1969, the Gold T-Square Award in 1999, the Elzie Segar Award for 1977 and 1999, and numerous other awards for his work and dedication to the art.
In his book The Lexicon of Comicana (1980), written as a satirical look at the devices cartoonists use in their craft, Walker invented a cartoon vocabulary called Symbolia. For example, Walker coined the term "squeans" to describe the starbusts and little circles that appear around a cartoon's head to indicate intoxication. The typographical symbols that stand for profanities, which appear in dialogue balloons in the place of actual dialogue, Walker called "grawlixes."
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July 14, 2019
Sometimes you just need something to laugh at, and this is quite funny. Beetle Bailey is a comic strip that has a great cast of characters, and for most parts funny situations. I enjoyed this one.
July 3, 2020
Save "Private Ryan" for when you need something, ahem, LESS REALISTIC than Beetle Bailey, Most Walker's one man D Day of comic military chaos! In this collection Sgt Orville Snorkel dreams of scenarios in which he could be either in the revolutionary war deciding what to call our new country ("and Snorkelvania don't cut it much!) or on the set of Bonanza where he's Hose being yelled at by Paw to go on a damn diet by eating a "banana-nanza!" Beetle and gang have fun playing football...all over other people's front yards! Cookie the cook is tricked into cooking in the buff! (Insert wolf whistle here!) Snorkel is tricked into being locked up in solitary at least three times! Not to worry, grunts! It's all part of the fun with Snorkel, Zero, Otto the dog and all the crew. When it comes to walkin' it, who better than Mort Walker for his Beetle strips!
Four stars
Beatle walks the thinly read line...and it's all fine!
Four stars
Beatle walks the thinly read line...and it's all fine!
January 3, 2016
Humor is one of those things that we need in our lives. And it can be found anywhere, if we are willing to NOT take things too seriously.
Beetle Bailey does that with military life.
I guess I find Beetle Bailey humorous for a couple reasons:
While I was never IN the military, I did grow up as a Navy brat (and am proud to claim that moniker), and also Beetle Bailey was, I think, a more popular strip when I was growing up. So it means something to me on several levels.
Beetle Bailey does that with military life.
I guess I find Beetle Bailey humorous for a couple reasons:
While I was never IN the military, I did grow up as a Navy brat (and am proud to claim that moniker), and also Beetle Bailey was, I think, a more popular strip when I was growing up. So it means something to me on several levels.
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